Podcast: Panel Views Nonemployer Health Care Issues

Posted on | October 29, 2007 | Comments Off

This has been a reasonably good week for microbusinesses, if you want to stop and think about it. Just consider:

- the Senate Finance Committee has finally noticed that 21.5 million nonemployers could be left out of reforms targeting access to health insurance unless somebody makes sure they don’t;

- new research out of the SBA Office of Advocacy establishes that most employer businesses don’t grow much once they start and fast-growth firms aren’t all they’re cracked up to be; and

- the SBA is bragging about another record-breaking year in lending but Microloan (still in ill-odor with the Bush Administration) continues to be the best deal going for women and minorities.

One correction to note: the NASE’s Executive Director of the Legislative Office is Kristie Darien, not Kirsten. (Sorry, Kristie … don’t hurt me!)

And, as always, this week’s Policy Matters.

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For more information:

SBA Office of Advocacy
Working Paper: Small Business Growth: Searching for Stylized Facts (PDF)
Senate Committee on Finance
SBA Financing Programs

[tags]Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Senate Finance Committee, health insurance, business growth, financing, microbusinesses[/tags]


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